Ode To A Set Of Binoculars Poem by Dr Dillip K Swain

Oh, my dear set of binoculars! How can I praise
your magnanimity to help me enjoy the beauty of
things from a distance that I can't visualize
in my feeble and powerless naked eyes!

Oh, my darling! You are my powerful two eyes
those capture the swift movement of birds this way
and that way, here and there, up and down,
rectilinear and curvilinear motion in fantastic fashion.

Sometimes, I go to the top of a tower
to observe the boys flying kites and the kites
moving in a zigzag motion penetrating the horizons
and joys of kite flyer thrill me, how can I
share my inner joys with anyone
who has not explored joys this way?

Distant objects dance before my eyes and I feel as if
I am the monarch of things that I survey from great distances!

Oh, dear! You are just a toy for others but a precise
and lovely instrument of joy and happiness for me sure!

Oh, my set of binoculars! I love you, I love you, I love you! !
And I pay homage to the person who invented you!

Copyright@ Dillip K Swain